Common name: Silver Strand Orchid
Bulbophyllum argyropus (Endl.) Rchb.f. APNI* Synonyms: Adelopetalum argyropum (Endl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. APNI*
Description: Epiphyte with rhizomes prostrate, forming a dense mat; pseudobulbs 4–6 mm apart, oblong to obconical or turbinatel, 4–6 mm diam., with 4 or 5 shallow angular ribs, surface shallowly grooved between ribs.
Leaves elliptic to oblong or narrowly so, 10–30 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, thinly leathery, flat, keeled.
Inflorescence 20–30 mm long, 1–4-flowered. Ovary minutely tuberculate. Sepals whitish; dorsal sepal 4 mm long, narrow-triangular to narrow-ovate; lateral sepals similar to dorsal. Lateral petals about half as long as sepals, whitish. Labellum white.
Flowering: August–December
Distribution and occurrence: Endemic to Norfolk Island. Epiphytic in pine-hardwood forests on ridges.
NSW subdivisions: LHI
Text by P. H. Weston, distribution updated by M.A.M.Renner & R.L.Barrett 4 Aug 2025.
Taxon concept: Jones et al. (2025) Phytotaxa 678: 83-95.
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